The human body contains more than 30 trillion cells. Until recently, the sheer number of cells in the organism meant that approaches to understanding human diseases and developmental processes based on the analysis of single ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 31, 2023
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Adhesion GPCRs are a group of G protein-coupled receptors associated with many body functions and diseases. However, they have not yet been sufficiently studied to be used for therapies. Two research groups at the Rudolf ...
Biochemistry
Mar 14, 2023
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Fluorescence is a fascinating natural phenomenon. It is based on the fact that certain materials can absorb light of a certain wavelength and then emit light of a different wavelength. Fluorescent materials play an important ...
Biochemistry
Mar 10, 2023
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PET—the plastic used to make bottles, for example—is ubiquitous in our natural environment. In a joint study, scientists from Leipzig University and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) investigated the ...
Biochemistry
Mar 8, 2023
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Researchers wanted to better understand how cell membranes in the body influence the structure of peptides—molecules made up of amino acids—and their aggregation. To do this, they used model systems that are easy to control ...
Biochemistry
Mar 6, 2023
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Many invasive plant species have not yet filled their potentially suitable habitat. This is what geographers at Leipzig University established in a recent simulation study. They coupled different data sets to predict the ...
Ecology
Feb 28, 2023
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A team of scientists led by Professor Tanja Gulder at Leipzig University's Institute of Organic Chemistry, together with colleagues from the University of Regensburg, has developed a simplified and efficient method for the ...
Materials Science
Feb 16, 2023
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The atomic structure of solid substances can often be analyzed quickly, easily and very precisely using X-rays. However, this requires that crystals of the corresponding substances exist. Chemist Professor Oliver Oeckler ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 13, 2023
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Physicists at Leipzig University have once again gained a deeper understanding of the mechanism behind superconductors. This brings the research group led by Professor Jürgen Haase one step closer to their goal of developing ...
Superconductivity
Jan 17, 2023
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Seemingly spontaneously coordinated swarm behavior exhibited by large groups of animals is a fascinating and striking collective phenomenon. Experiments conducted by researchers at Leipzig University on laser-controlled synthetic ...
General Physics
Jan 13, 2023
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